Our last BBQ died last year so Dad went to buy a new one today. He came back with a cast iron affair, which he is currently assembling outside in the sunshine, with a whisky for company.
Knowing Dad, he wont have read the instructions, and much swearing will ensue. I'm keeping out of the way! He should suss it, he's an engineer for christ' sake!! Only £20.
Roll on summer!
We went down to pick up Obe Wan, my computer guru, as his daughter is away. The aroma from the curried cauliflower and garlic bread soon filled the car. Open windows!
In the pub the usual suspects (of which Sharon the barmaid is now one) got stuck in. Trigger isn't a curry man, the only thing he has in common with me, but Obe Wan had some German wild boar salami type thingy with him. It was good, very garlicky. Trigger liked this.
"What's this?" he asked.
"Wild Boar sausage".
"I'm like a wild boar at times". said Trigger.
Sharon, "No, Trigger, you're just a bore".
1-0 to Sharon!
The take-over is on Tuesday apparently. The new people were in today, going through the "this is how this works "routine. They say nothing's going to change. I hope they're right. Time will tell.
Congratulations to Zoe and the Twat. They have become parents! Dad spotted a Toddlet in the pond this morning. A babies head-wetting will not be needed!
A friend of mine has, unfortunately just separated from his wife. They agreed that he would pay £80 a week maintainance for the kids. All was well until she "listened" to one of her frinds and got the C.S.A. involved. Much form filling later, they told him he was to pay £70 a week. A result, you may think. Not quite. As she doesn't work she is now claiming full benefits, rent, etc. and so is only getting £10 a week from the £70 being paid to the C.S.A. If she were to get a job she would get the full £70, but would lose one of her benefits (£100 a week). So, therein lies the injustice.............Where's the extra £60 going? My friend doesn't know.
The Child Suffering Agency.
Any lawyers out there?
No Keith today! This is unusual for a Thursday. Having read his last comment on my blog I am getting increasingly worried that Wendy Ascham has done him in so she can hi-jack the blog................or maybe the old git just forgot!
Silly me, she's hi-jacked it already. What a fool I am.
Our car went in for it's MOT yesterday. We knew there was a problem with the ABS warning light coming on occaisionally, and that it could fail the MOT because of that, so it had to be fixed. The garage MD rang up after they'd run a diagnostic test and said the ABS was fine, but the warning light was knackered.
"Fix the light ", said Dad.
"We can't do that, Ford don't do spare bits for the instrument console, so you'll need a new one".
"How much is that?"
"£350.00 plus vat".
"£350.00 quid for a bulb or dodgy connection, and you'll fail the car even though there's nothing wrong with the ABS?".
"Afraid so."
Am i missing something here? Total cost: £640.00!
Beccy has her "fun Monday", so here's my joke Tuesday. All jokes are welcome from my bloggie friends. I shall try to keep them as clean as possible, and for fear of offending anyone , race free, although I cannot promise!
No. 1. An old couple in church for Sunday service. The wife says to her husband: " I've just let a silent fart out, what should I do?"
"Put a new battery in your damn hearing aid!"
Thanks for the messages about Dads health, he is on the mend, and will be swearing at Man. Utd. on telly tonight!
I forgot, I got Beccys' flapjacks today, scrummy!
Dad is suffering, one of those shivvery, coughy horrible bugs. I feel guilty because I can't do anything to help. He still has to cook (he still hates cooking). It's a situation I don't like, it makes him snappy, and then he feels awful for snapping. So I have decided we are going to have a laugh tonight. The solution?
A DVD, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World!
This is the funniest film I have ever watched, and I know Dad will cry with laughter.
Wish me luck.
Trigger has one tablet left, it must be past it's sell-by date. He cracked the following joke (unusual):
I've got some viagra based eye drops, they do nothing for your sex life, but they make you look hard!
Nothing much else to report.
.Valentino Rossi, the King of bike racing.
